Abstract

This paper is going to look into the cultural and sociological aspects leading to a civilizational touch in both the lingual communities; Assamese & Bangla, through the musical rendering of Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. It would be interesting to look into the same songstranslated from Assamese to Bangla and observe the similarities and differences which happened during the trans-creation. This has happened because of the changing geographical and cultural landscape, apart from the linguistic nuances of Assamese and Bangla language. This paper would be focusing on few early songs of Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, which are popular among the people of both the linguistic, cultural and geographical divisions. Music is considered as the most abstract form of art in the world. Even painting and poetry, which are supposed to be dealing with abstraction, are less abstract than the music. It means that dealing and analyzing a piece of music is much more demanding and if we are talking of trans-creation of the same in other language and culture, this demands much deeper understanding of the same. As, these songs wasn’t only translated from one language to another but from one culture to another at the same time. This paper would be looking at the nuances, complexities and other issues related with trans-creation of music in the light of Bhupen Hazarika’s music.